"Adults." . . "Birth control." . . "Household expenditures." . . "Household budgets." . . "Cultural traditions." . . "Fertility." . . "Matlab [Bangladesh] Health and Socioeconomic Survey (MHSS), 1996" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "The Matlab Health and Socioeconomic Survey (MHSS) was carried out in 1996 to examine health status, health care utilization, social network characteristics, and the impact of community services and infrastructure with respect to adults and elderly persons residing in the Matlab region of rural Bangladesh. The MHSS Household questionnaire was administered to three separate samples. The Main Household Data (MHD) sample (Parts 1-84), which was the primary sample, consisted of 4,364 households clustered in 2,687 baris, or residential compounds. The Determinants of Natural Fertility Survey (DNSF) sample (Parts 85-167) was made up of follow-up groups of 1,789 households of 2,441 women who were interviewed about their health and pregnancy status in the mid-1970s. The Outmigrant (MIG) sample (Parts 168-250) consisted of 552 persons who had left and not returned to the original household of the primary (MHD) sample between 1982 and 1996, the start of the MHSS. The Household questionnaire elicited information on demographic characteristics of respondents such as gender, age, marital status, information on non-coresident spouses, religion, education, main occupational activity, and housing structure, including size, materials, availability of electricity, home ownership, and rent. Questions were also posed regarding household economy and an inventory of household consumption was taken, including the value of foods purchased and self-produced in the last week, purchases of personal care and household items during the last month, and purchases of durable goods in the last year. Respondents were also asked about the location of their health care providers and the travel time and travel cost to see them. Retrospective life histories were gathered from women regarding children ever born, pregnancy outcomes and infant feeding, and contraceptive knowledge and use, along with informatio... Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02705"@en . . . . "The Matlab Health and Socioeconomic Survey (MHSS) was carried out in 1996 to examine health status, health care utilization, social network characteristics, and the impact of community services and infrastructure with respect to adults and elderly persons residing in the Matlab region of rural Bangladesh. The MHSS Household questionnaire was administered to three separate samples. The Main Household Data (MHD) sample (Parts 1-84), which was the primary sample, consisted of 4,364 households clustered in 2,687 baris, or residential compounds. The Determinants of Natural Fertility Survey (DNSF) sample (Parts 85-167) was made up of follow-up groups of 1,789 households of 2,441 women who were interviewed about their health and pregnancy status in the mid-1970s. The Outmigrant (MIG) sample (Parts 168-250) consisted of 552 persons who had left and not returned to the original household of the primary (MHD) sample between 1982 and 1996, the start of the MHSS. The Household questionnaire elicited information on demographic characteristics of respondents such as gender, age, marital status, information on non-coresident spouses, religion, education, main occupational activity, and housing structure, including size, materials, availability of electricity, home ownership, and rent. Questions were also posed regarding household economy and an inventory of household consumption was taken, including the value of foods purchased and self-produced in the last week, purchases of personal care and household items during the last month, and purchases of durable goods in the last year. Respondents were also asked about the location of their health care providers and the travel time and travel cost to see them. Retrospective life histories were gathered from women regarding children ever born, pregnancy outcomes and infant feeding, and contraceptive knowledge and use, along with informatio... Cf.: http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/02705.xml." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Matlab [Bangladesh] Health and Socioeconomic Survey (MHSS), 1996"@en . "IDRC V. Health Data." . . "Infant feeding." . . "Reproductive history." . . . . "Health status." . . "Older adults." . . "Cultural attitudes." . . "ICPSR XVII.H. Social Institutions and Behavior Family and Gender." . . "Child health." . . "Child development." . . "Asia." . . "Social networks." . . "Health behavior." . . "Womens health care." . . "Pregnancy." . . "Traditional medicine." . . "Health care." . . "Health care facilities." . . "Housing conditions." . . "Community health." . . "Schools." . . "Health services utilization." . . "Bangladesh." . . "IDRC VI. Human Dimension of International Relations." . . "Health care services." . . "NACDA II. Social Characteristics of Older Adults." . . "Socioeconomic status." . .